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Patented Slept. 2l, 1937 UNITED STATES PATEhl'i iil MEDICAL CASE Alvin A. Banni, New York, N. Y.

Application May 15, 1936, Serial No. 79,854

2 Claims.

This invention relates to medical cases for carrying instruments, particularly thermometers and syringes and has for its main object to provide a medical case"wherein the most frequently used instruments of a physician may be carried together in combination, and in a novel effective manner, so that any one may be available for instant use.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device as characterized hereinbefore, wherein such instruments, like thermometers and syringes, which are desired to be carried in a hygienic disinfective manner, may be carried in a well sealed disinfecting liquid medium.

Still another object of this invention is to provide 4a medical case of the type mentioned in which any of the instruments carried therein may be sealed in a quick expeditious manner or will be automatically projected from the casing for ready use.

Still further objects of this invention will be apparent as the specification of the same proceeds, and among others I may mention: to provide a medical case of the character indicated, which will be extremely simple in construction, convenient, adapted to be carried in the pocket, will be reliable and safe in use, attractive in appearance and inexpensive to manufacture.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a partly sectional elevation of my device fully assembled and in an entirely'closed position;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof in `an open position, its cap having been removed as well as the sealing plugs for all the three instruments therein, while Fig. 3 is la top view thereof, its cover or cap and its contents having been removed.

Referring now to the drawing more closely by characters of reference, the numeral IB indicates my novel medical casing in general, having two main parts', namely, a casing proper Il and a cap or cover I2 for the same.

The casing proper is a generally cylindrical body of preferably oval cross-section of any appropriate material, having a wider central hole or bore i3 and right-hand and left-hand narrower bores or holes I4 and I5, respectively. Each of said holes or bores is closed at the bottom and open at the top as at I5, l'l and I8, respectively. The upper openings of said holes are made wider and screw threaded as indicated at I6, I1 and I8.

A shorter and wider sealing plug I9 is provided for the central hole I3 having a hollowed inner (o1. zoo- 43) portion as at 2Q, and a screw threaded lower extension 2l adapted to engage the screw threads I6.

A narrower and higher sealing plug 22 is provided for the right handed hole I!! being entirely solidin its body and alsohaving a reduced and screw threaded lower extension 23 adapted to engage the screw thread il, while the left handed hole I5 may be closed by a similar higher and narrower sealing plug 2li with a screw threaded narrower lower portion 25 adapted to engage the screw threads i3.

In the preferred embodiment of my device, I aim to use the central larger hole E3 for housing a syringe generally indicated by the numeral 26. A comparatively heavy coil spring 2l may be placed at the bottom; of said hole i3 on which the syringe 2li` may rest while the upper portion 28 of the syringe may protrude into the inner hollowed portion or bore 25 of the plug I9 when said plug is in a closed position. A disinfecting liquid, preferably alcohol 29 may iill the hole I3 to a desired extent. In the right hand hole III, I prefer to place and carry a rectal thermometer 353 having a heavier lower portion 3l `and a coil spring 32 on which it may simply rest. The plug 22 adapted to close this hole may have a rounded concave bottom portion 33 against which the top 34 of the thermometer 30 may rest when the same is in a closed sealing position.

In a similar manner, I may carry a normal physicians thermometer 35 in the left hand hole I5 resting against the plug 2li, having a similar construction to the plug 22. A coil spring 35 may be arranged for the thermometer 35 and may carry an upper pin 3l placed within its coils and having an enlarged disc head resting thereon so as to provide an appropriate supporting surface for the thin lower end @la of the thermometer 35. Each of the narrower holes Ill and I5 may also be lled with appropriate disinfecting liquid 29.

The use and operation of my device will be practically obvious from the above description.

Normally, the syringe 25 is placed over the coil spring 2l into the central hole I3 as indicated in liig. 1 and the central plug I9 will be tightly screwed into the opening i5, its narrow shoulder 38 engaging the respective top portions 39 of the casing proper II and thereby additionally sealing the hole i3 and the disinfecting liquid 29 therein. The syringe 25 will be pressed downwardly, compressing the spring 2l.

In a similar manner, the thermometers 35 and 35 will be pressed down within the holes I4 and I5 compressing springs 32 and 36 through the action of the sealing plugs 22 and 24, respective- 1y, and their disinfecting liquid 29 sealed against escape. A hollow cap l2 may be provided for the Whole device, having the same cross-section as the body of the casing and engaging by tight frictional action and narrowed upper portion 4| of said casing resting on the shoulder 42, and in this closed and sealed condition the whole compact combined casing may be easily carried in the instrument bag or in a pocket of the physician.

When it is desired to use any of the instruments in the casing, cap I2 will be removed and the respective sealing plugs i9, 22 or 24 will be unscrewed, whereupon the respective instrument will be projected by the action of its spring, as indicated for all the three instruments in Fig. 2, and the instrument then may be grasped at the upper end and removed, ready for use in a sanitary disinfected condition.

It will be seen that my device is adapted to attain all the objects mentioned hereinbefore and will provide a very convenient medical casing for carrying a combination of instruments in a sanitary manner, adapted to project any selected instruments in the simplest and quickest manner without disturbing any of the other instruments.

What I claim as new, is:

1. In a medical case, having a body proper and a removable cap for the same, said body being oval in cross-section, a longitudinal wider hole in the center of said body being closed on the bottom and open at the top and two similar narrower holes at the sides thereof, said holes being adapted to receive respective medical instruments, a sealing plug for the center hole being larger in diameter and shorter in height, and sealing plugs for the two side holes smaller in diameter and larger in height than the sealing plug for' said center hole; a coiled spring of larger diameter in the center hole adapted to receive the needle portion of a syringe within its coils and permit the pump cylinder thereof to rest on its upper end, and a smaller coiled spring at the bottom of each of said smaller holes to rest a thermometer thereon.

2. In a. medical case, as set forth in claim 1, one of said smaller springs having a plate at its upper end to support a narrow thermometer.

ALVIN A. BALINT. 

